Managing manufacturers

The Kentico E-commerce Solution allows you to specify a manufacturer for each product. You can use this information for your internal purposes, or display it on your website. For example, you can present a link to the manufacturer’s site on a product detail page in order to let your customers find more details about the product.

Assigning manufacturers to products

To assign a manufacturer to a product:

1. Open the Products application.
2. Add a new product or Edit () an existing product.
3. In the Manufacturer field on the General tab, select a manufacturer or add a new one.
   
4. Click Save.

The system assigns the manufacturer to the product.

Creating and editing manufacturers

To create or edit a manufacturer:

1. Open the Manufacturers application.
2. Click New manufacturer or Edit () an existing manufacturer.
   
3. Enter manufacturer properties.
4. Click Save.

The system creates a new manufacturer or edits an existing manufacturer.

Removing manufacturers

To remove a manufacturer:

1. Open the Manufacturers application.
2. Delete () a manufacturer.
3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog.

The system removes the manufacturers from all products where the manufacturer was assigned and then deletes the manufacturer.

Reference – Manufacturer properties